Cloth-measuring machine



'(No Model.)

J. 0. DALE.

CLOTH MEASURING MAOHINE.

No. 375,268. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

JOHN CALVIN DALE, OF BENNINGTON, KANSAS.

.CLOTH-MEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,268, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed May 31, 1887. Serial No. 289,869.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that-l, JOHN CALVIN DALE, of Bennington, in the county of Ottawa and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring or Invoicing Machines; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in measuring or invoicing machines; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for measuring textile fabrics, and in which a tension-roller is used for the purpose of forcing the material being measured against the drawing-roll, whereby a perfectly uniform measurement is obtained under all circumstances.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective of a machine embodying my invention.

J represents a suitable rectangular frame, upon which the brackets, bearings, or supports A G are mounted. In two of the brackets A, upon one side of the machine, are journaled the clamps B, which while they are free to revolve have no other movement. Its clamps consist of the rods X, which extend through the boxes upon the tops of the brackets A, and each one of which is provided with a rigid prong, Y, and a pivoted one, Z. The prongs Z are pivoted at their inner ends either to the rods X or to the inner ends of the rigid prongs Y,-and are moved by means of the cams WV. These cams are placed upon the loops which are passed through the rigid prongs Y, and the cams are held upon the loops in a horizontal line with the outer edges of the pivoted prongs Z. \Vhen the cams are turned so that they do not force the prongs Z toward the ones Y, the cams at the ends hold the board upon which the cloth is placed. Then, however, the cams W are so turned that the prongs Z are forced toward the rigid prongs Y, the boards are rigidly clamped. Each of these (No model.)

clamps B is made to rigidly grasp and hold the boards upon which the cloth or other material to be measured is wound. Journaled in the two brackets on the opposite side of the machine are two endwise-moving clamps, O, which grasp the other ends of the boards, and which not only revolve, but can be adjusted lengthwise for the purpose of adapting them to boards of different lengths. J ournaled in the central bracket, G, is the measuring-roll F, which is preferably made one foot in circumference, and which is covered with cloth or other similar material, which will cause the material being measured to adhere to it. The cloth or other material being measured is held in contact with this rollerF by a smaller tension-roller, E, which is supported upon the springs D, which are secured at their lower ends upon the top of the frame J. These springs are made of metal, having suitable bearings formed in their upper ends to receive the ends of the roller E and force the roller E from slipping under any circumstances. Upon the end of the roller F is formed a spur or tooth, H, which engages with a cog of the wheel I at every revolution made by the roller for the purpose of moving theindeX-hand forward upon the dial. The distance the indexhand shall be moved and the number of yards the dial shall register is a mere matter of choice. The number-dials may of course be increased at will, so as to measure tens, hundreds, and thousands, in the usual manner. To one of the stationary clamps is secured a suitable handle by means of which the cloth is drawn from the roll upon which it is placed over the measuring-roll and wrapped upon a new board.

By means of the construction here shown textile fabrics of all kinds can be very rapidly and accurately measured without the slightest danger of there being any slipping of the goods upon the roller F, owing to the pressure of the tension-roller E, which forces the material against the roller F. It is only necessary to pass the end of the material between the two rollers E F, and then draw the end forward far enough to be wrapped around the board upon which it is to be placed, and then claim A cloth-measuring machine composed of a rectangular frame,J, the brackets AG,mounted thereon, the clamps B O, passing th rough bearings upon the brackets A and provided with [O pivoted arms Z and cams V, the roller F, journaled in the brackets G, the pressure-roll E, mounted upon the springs D, the spur H, and I the wheel I, having an index'hand connected thereto, the clamps 0 being made movable endwise through their bearings, so as to be ad- I 5 justed to boards of different lengths, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CALVIN DALE.

Vitnesses:

F. F. Osnonn, 'l. O. BOYLE. 

